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Category Manager – Professional & Technology Services
PwCCategory Manager at PwC Australia managing procurement activities across consulting, advisory, legal, HR services, and technology. Utilizing sourcing expertise and stakeholder collaboration to optimize supplier engagements.
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Execute end-to-end sourcing activities including RFI, RFQ and RFP preparation, supplier engagement, evaluation support, negotiation preparation, award documentation and implementation tracking.
- Prepare commercial comparisons, pricing summaries, supplier analysis, evaluation materials and recommendation packs.
- Support procurement across consulting, advisory, legal, HR services, specialist contractors, software, SaaS and IT services.
- Maintain sourcing records, approval documentation and reporting in line with procurement governance requirements.
- Support procurement across consulting and professional services engagements, reviewing statements of work, rate cards, role mix, deliverables, milestones, assumptions and commercial terms.
- Identify opportunities for rate benchmarking, supplier consolidation, demand management and improved statement of work governance.
- Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements, clarify scope, support supplier engagement and progress procurement activities.
- Coordinate with Legal, Risk, Finance, Technology and business teams to support compliant sourcing and contracting.
- Provide clear procurement guidance within agreed policies, processes and delegated authority levels, escalating complex commercial, legal, risk or stakeholder issues through procurement leadership.
- Support spend analysis, savings tracking, cost avoidance reporting and benefits documentation.
Requirements
What you’ll need- 3 to 5 years of procurement, strategic sourcing, category support or commercial sourcing experience in the Australian market.
- Practical experience supporting or running sourcing activities for consulting, advisory, legal, HR services, specialist contractors or other professional services categories.
- Sound understanding of professional services engagement models, including rate cards, role mix, statements of work, deliverables, milestones, scope management and commercial terms.
- Experience reviewing statements of work, supplier proposals, rate cards, commercial schedules and contract documentation.
- Familiarity with contract and commercial risk concepts, including liability, indemnities, service levels, data protection, information security and termination provisions.
- Ability to undertake spend analysis, supplier comparison, commercial modelling, opportunity identification and sourcing documentation.
- Ability to evaluate supplier proposals using commercial, operational, risk and value criteria.
- Sound negotiation skills with ability to support commercial discussions and prepare negotiation analysis.
- Confident stakeholder engagement across business, procurement, finance, legal, risk and technology teams.
- Financial acumen, including cost comparison, total cost analysis, business case support and benefits tracking.
- Structured problem solving, analytical thinking and ability to balance savings, risk, service quality, stakeholder needs and procurement governance.
- Clear written and verbal communication, including sourcing summaries, recommendation packs and stakeholder updates.
- Strong Microsoft Office capability, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Generous leave entitlements to support your work-life balance - including floating public holidays, birthday leave and ability to purchase additional leave on top of your four weeks
- A world-class parental leave policy offering up to 26 weeks of leave for caregivers, supporting your family and personal life.
- Flexibility means trusting you to choose when, where, and how you work balancing what’s best for you, your team, and your clients to grow and thrive together.
- Clear paths for career progression supported by continuous learning and leadership development.
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Hard Skills & Tools
Sourcing ActivitiesCommercial ModellingSupplier ComparisonContract Documentation ReviewRisk AssessmentRate Card AnalysisStatement Of Work ReviewCost AnalysisOpportunity IdentificationGovernance Compliance
Soft Skills
Analytical ThinkingStructured Problem SolvingClear CommunicationStakeholder EngagementCollaboration